Mortar

Museum number:
1-9939
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010009939
Alternate number:
45 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.216, Acc.217, Acc.218, Acc.220, Acc.222, Acc.226, Acc.227, Acc.229, Acc.230, Acc.231, Acc.234, Acc.235, Acc.236, Acc.237, Acc.238, Acc.241, Acc.242, Acc.243, Acc.244, Acc.245, Acc.246, Acc.249, Acc.250, Acc.251, and Acc.254
Description:
Mortar made of stone, large. Originally owned by the mother of Sally Moman.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Ione, Amador County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Amador; Ione
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok and Plains Miwok
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ground stone and Mortars (grinding tools)
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
In 1906, Barrett reported that "the Miwok at present make no mortars whatsoever. All in their possession have been found by them and are used almost entirely for meat and nut grinding by old people whose teeth are too poor to masticate hard food.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Native name and meaning: umme.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mortar, accession number 1-9939, described as Mortar made of stone, large. Originally owned by the mother of Sally Moman.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mortar, accession number 1-9939, described as Mortar made of stone, large. Originally owned by the mother of Sally Moman.

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